Citizens Bank 400 Race At MIS
Race day was finally here! The much anticipated excitement of seeing cars flying by at 200 mph right before our eyes has become reality once again.
The morning started off early with a quick scenic trip around Brooklyn to go into a different parking lot than usual. This eliminated the need for a tram ride and the need still for a long walk. This proved very beneficial for the pregnant one… Wonder who that is? :-P!
I forgot to mention, with the pleading, okay so just asking, Amy was able to request to walk through gates, etc. instead of walking over the pedestrian bridges in a number of places around the track. This came in handy for her husband/coach as well. Only one grumpy lady made the coach make the trek over the bridge while mom took the easy route. No complaints from the coach though!
Before the race had begun, we wandered around the garage area checking out the various car haulers, garages, pre-race inspection, pit road, etc. We also walked up onto the track and were able to get our picture taken in victory lane. We were able to get the now infamous NASCAR onesie signed by the President of NASCAR, a few more owners and drivers. The pictures show most of them (too many pictures to load all of them, there are already too many to bore you…). So, the onesie made its mark and will now be framed to make its mark in either the babys room or our sports room in the basement.
The race was again a warm day, but the shade began to protect us from the heat and sun… When was that again Amy? Oh yeah, lap 113, but who was paying attention :-P! The race itself was pretty boring, but was still worth the trip!
Many times after a race at MIS, it is literally hours before you can get out of the parking lot. This race, we were able to walk back to the truck, load up and basically drive right home. We were back to our friends about 20 minutes after the race ended taking the long way around. It wasn’t long and we were all out in the water cooling our tootsies and relaxing away from the heat!
The morning started off early with a quick scenic trip around Brooklyn to go into a different parking lot than usual. This eliminated the need for a tram ride and the need still for a long walk. This proved very beneficial for the pregnant one… Wonder who that is? :-P!
I forgot to mention, with the pleading, okay so just asking, Amy was able to request to walk through gates, etc. instead of walking over the pedestrian bridges in a number of places around the track. This came in handy for her husband/coach as well. Only one grumpy lady made the coach make the trek over the bridge while mom took the easy route. No complaints from the coach though!
Before the race had begun, we wandered around the garage area checking out the various car haulers, garages, pre-race inspection, pit road, etc. We also walked up onto the track and were able to get our picture taken in victory lane. We were able to get the now infamous NASCAR onesie signed by the President of NASCAR, a few more owners and drivers. The pictures show most of them (too many pictures to load all of them, there are already too many to bore you…). So, the onesie made its mark and will now be framed to make its mark in either the babys room or our sports room in the basement.
The race was again a warm day, but the shade began to protect us from the heat and sun… When was that again Amy? Oh yeah, lap 113, but who was paying attention :-P! The race itself was pretty boring, but was still worth the trip!
Many times after a race at MIS, it is literally hours before you can get out of the parking lot. This race, we were able to walk back to the truck, load up and basically drive right home. We were back to our friends about 20 minutes after the race ended taking the long way around. It wasn’t long and we were all out in the water cooling our tootsies and relaxing away from the heat!
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